the "other" states for Alaskans, Not including hawaii. also called "the outside" and "hell."

Morgan Quitno's rankings of the states with the highest crime rates, starting with the most dangerous. Asterisks (*) denote red states which voted Republican in the 2004 election:

1. Nevada*
2. Louisiana*
3. Arizona*
4. Maryland
5. South Carolina*
6. Florida*
7. Tennessee*
8. Alaska*
9. New Mexico
10. California
11. Texas*
12. Michigan
13. Georgia*
14. Oklahoma*
15. Delaware
16. Illinois
17. Mississippi*
18. North Carolina*
19. Alabama*
20. Washington
21. Missouri*
22. Kansas*
23. Ohio*
24. Colorado*
25. Hawaii
26. Kansas*
27. Indiana*
28. Oregon
29. Massachusetts
30. Pennsylvania
31. New York
32. New Jersey
33. Rhode Island
34. Utah*
35. Nebraska*
36. Minnesota
37. Kentucky*
38. Virginia*
39. Connecticut
40. Montana*
41. Idaho*
42. Wisconsin
43. Iowa*
44. West Virginia*
45. Wyoming*
46. South Dakota*
47. New Hampshire
48. Maine
49. Vermont
50. North Dakota*

Pretty much the shit. Make sure you're clear on the fact that the word "the" is in there, or else you'll get the meaning all wrong. Iowa is home to the three million nicest people in the United States, probably in the world. A leader in education, and home to some of the most beautiful scenery into the world. It's a traquil beauty, and if you're into that, you'll love Iowa. And if you're not into that, you can go take California or wherever you're from and fuck it.

Our 48 states not including Alaska and Hawaii. The above definition is wrong, Alaska is not part of the continental United States

All of the United States that are on the same landmass. The lower 48 plus Alaska.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a secret letter, social college fraternity. Founded on March 9, 1856 , it has initiated more men since its founding than any other fraternity with more than 282,000 initiated members. At present, SAE (as it is nicknamed) has more than 8,200 undergraduates at more than 250 chapters in 48 states. It was the first fraternity to establish a national headquarters (Levere Memorial Temple on the campus of Northwestern University in Chicago1929), a national Leadership School (1935), a national Men's Health Issues Committee (1980), and a career-development program tailored for the community ("The Leading Edge" in 1990).

Currently, the Fraternity offers a comprehensive member-education program called The True Gentleman Initiative. The Fraternity communicates through The Record, a quarterly publication that has been published continuously since 1880 . New members receive a copy of The Phoenix, the manual of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, for educational development.

The creed of this fraternity is as follows:

The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who...

Any US state other than Alaska. A term use by Alaskans when speaking of other states.